Utah lawmakers passed several bills Tuesday to try and make Utah's roads safer. Among the key bills were new 80 mph speed zones, a smoking ban for adults with kids in the car, and a cell phone ban for teen drivers.

The University of Utah intends to take their curriculum to the international level come 2014. The Board of Trustees has approved a plan that will open a campus in the South Korean city of Songdo which will offer degrees in five areas.

Utah lawmakers will need to consider imposing a standard sales tax on gasoline, raising the gas tax, increasing fees for public transportation users or some combination of those measures in order to pay for expected transportation costs through 2040.

In the last several months, Utah bird rescuers have treated a number of eagles, and even some owls, that have died of lead-poisoning. It's the same problem that has caused many deaths of the rare giant condors. Some are calling for changes in hunting and shooting regulations.